Search results for

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a notorious 1984 murder in Washington, DC. The key issue involves whether prosecutors failed to turn over favorable evidence to the defendants.

Hamilton's Daveed Diggs and accomplished poet and performer Rafael Casal have taken scenes from classic literature and reworked them in contemporary style. "We haven't dumbed it down," Casal says.

Bill reads three news-related limericks...Smart Cookie Dough, Double Oh Nope, We Squid You Not

The financial crisis in Puerto Rico is putting a damper on the holiday season, as more budget cuts are coming. There is talk of shutting down basic services like schools and hospitals.

Henry Heimlich, the surgeon credited with inventing the Heimlich maneuver for choking victims, has died. The move saved thousands of lives. But he had other ideas that were more controversial.

Transgender people are concerned how rights may change under the new president. Many are hurrying to complete the process of changing genders on government documents before Donald Trump is sworn in.

A new report from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health looks at how far countries have come — and have far they still have to go.

Most of the almost 10,000 residents of the Jada'aa camp for internally displaced people are from the Mosul area. Hundreds of families were expelled from their villages after relatives joined ISIS.

A new report says ISIS is manufacturing large quantities of sophisticated weapons. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to James Bevan of the research group Conflict Armament Research, which issued the report.

An 86-year-old international jewel thief was nabbed after trying to shoplift a bracelet at a mall north of Atlanta.